Biographies

Mr. Daniel John Kitchen is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of the Company. Danny Kitchen brings more than 25 years of property and finance experience in both the listed and private markets. After 14 years in corporate finance and M&A with the Investment Bank of Ireland, he was appointed in 1994 as chief finance officer of Green Property PLC, an Irish listed property company. In 2003 he left to join Heron International as group finance director and deputy chief executive. He is currently non- executive chairman of Workspace Group PLC, Hibernia REIT plc and Applegreen PLC. He is also a non- executive director and chairman of the audit committee of LXB Retail Properties PLC, although this is currently being wound down. Danny was appointed chairman of Irish Nationwide Building Society between 2008 and 2011 and is a Director of the Irish Takeover Panel.

Mr. Andrew Coombs is Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of Sirius Real Estate Ltd. Andrew Coombs joined the Sirius Facilities Group in January 2010. Prior to joining Sirius, Andrew worked for the Regus Group as UK sales director and before that as director and general manager for MWB Business Exchange Plc. Prior to working in the property sector Andrew held a number of general management roles. Andrew’s responsibilities to Sirius Real Estate include formulating and agreeing the strategy for delivering shareholder value. He is also responsible for running Sirius Facilities GmbH, together with the group of other operating companies owned by Sirius in Germany, and it is through these operating companies that the strategy is ultimately executed.

Mr. Alistair Marks is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director of the Company. Alistair Marks joined the then external asset manager of Sirius in 2007 from MWB Business Exchange Plc just before the IPO on AIM and has remained with the Group following the management internalisation in January 2012. Prior to MWB Business Exchange, Alistair held financial roles with BBA Group Plc and Pfizer Ltd and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with BDO in Australia. Alistair is responsible for the Company’s banking relationships including restructuring, sourcing and negotiating all terms within the Group’s debt facilities. He is also responsible for the Group’s operations as well as overseeing the major capex programme and substantial improvement in service charge recovery over the last few years. Alistair is responsible for financial management and control across the Group.

Mr. James Peggie is Senior Independent Director of the Company. He is a director and co-founder of the Principle Capital Group. He is a qualified solicitor and before working at the Active Value Group, James worked in the corporate finance division of an international law firm. He is graduated from Oxford University in 1992 and in 1994 from The College of Law. He has a wealth of experience as a director of various companies including Liberty plc from 2006 to 2010.

Mr. Justin R. Atkinson is Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. Justin was the chief executive of Keller Group plc from April 2004 to May 2015. Previously, Justin had been Keller’s group finance director and its chief operating officer. Justin trained and qualified as an accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, now part of PwC, and spent the early part of his career with Thomson Reuters, before joining Keller Group in 1990. Justin is senior independent director of Kier Group plc, the senior independent director and chair of the audit committee of Forterra plc, an independent non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of James Fisher plc and a member of the audit committee of the National Trust.

Ms. Jill May is Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. Ms. May has 24 years’ City experience in investment banking and 13 years’ experience in mergers and acquisitions and more recently has worked as a managing director focused on strategy and organisational change at UBS. She has a broad knowledge of investment banking, asset management and private banking across EMEA. She is a non-executive director of ICAEW and a member of the Council of Durham University. She is a non-executive director of JPMorgan Claverhouse Investment Trust Plc and of Ruffer Investment Company.

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